16.07.2019
- Dismissing a challenge by the European plastics producers‘ association PlasticsEurope, the General Court of the European Union has upheld a classification by the European Chemicals...
26.02.2018
- A US study has concluded that bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for consumers, just days after the European Commission further restricted the chemical’s use in certain food contact...
17.01.2018
- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added seven chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the candidate list. Five of the SVHCs have been identified as...
15.01.2018
- The European Parliament’s Environment, Food and Public Health committee (ENVI) by a vote of 42 to 17 (with one abstention) has rejected a proposal for a full ban on the use of...
27.10.2017
- US technology company Badger Licensing, a 50:50 joint venture between affiliates of Technip and ExxonMobil, has won a contract from China’s Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical (ZPC) to...
21.06.2017
- The Member State Committee (MSC) of the EU, acting on a proposal made by France, has unanimously voted to add bisphenol A (BPA), the chemical used to produce the engineering...
01.09.2016
- In another unilateral move that will keep the country steps ahead of the EU on curbing the use of suspected endocrine disruptors, Sweden has announced it will ban epoxy linings...
01.06.2016
- Germany’s Friends of the Earth affiliate, BUND, has appealed to producers of thermal paper cashier receipts to replace the controversial chemicals bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S...
